A theatrical version of Initial D is confirmed for release in August 2014. [Official Thread]

UPDATES : Animax has confirmed that Final Stage will be available on its subscription-based VOD (Video On Demand) service starting May 16th, 2014. It will continue where Fifth Stage left off. Consist of a total of four episodes, Final Stage will be focusing on the long-awaited final 86 vs 86 battle between Takumi and Shinji. [confirmed]

UPDATES : Avex has confirmed that the New Initial D The Movie will be a trilogy. First part of the trilogy is called Legend 1 -Awakening- slated for release in theaters on August 23rd, 2014 (Japan Only) [confirmed]

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Announcing the redub of Initial D: First Stage, Second Stage, Extra Stage, Third Stage, and Fourth Stage. And yes, we will keep the original music.

Also X (TV) and X OAV! w00t!

More info to come soon!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-...-d-anime-stages

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Funimation Adds X TV/OAV, 5 Initial D Anime Stages

The North American anime distributor Funimation has announced at its New York Anime Festival panel on Friday that it has licensed the X fantasy anime television series and its X OAV prologue, as well as five stages of the Initial D street-racing anime. Funimation will ship MADHOUSE's anime adaptation of CLAMP's X manga with the English dubbing that Geneon/Pioneer Entertainment, the previous licensee, had released.

On the other hand, Funimation will redub the Initial D anime instead of using the adaptation that the previous licensee, Tokyopop, had produced earlier. (Tokyopop had also licensed the original manga by Shūichi Shigeno.) Funimation has acquired Initial D: First Stage, Second Stage, Extra Stage, Third Stage, and Fourth Stage. Funimation will retain the original, uncut music for its soundtrack.

when i first saw this i thought they're going to make stage 5 anyway i've never watched dubbed series so i have no idea what funimation does

Oh gees! Come on people! Why is it that every time I make a thread everyone comes in here thinking its news about a 5th stage?!? No where in any of my threads do I ever talk about stage 5.

If I ever get news of a stage 5, believe me, I will tell you. In caps, I will put in the title "Stage 5 Coming Soon!" or even discuss it on the stickied thread which is dedicated to stage 5.

The redubbing of Initial D is great news. I know I cant enjoy animation if Im too busy reading subtitles, or vice versa. The original english dub was so terrible that I would never tell anyone I liked the show due to fear that they may assumed that I liked that version. Anytime I suggested the show to someone I had to suggest fansubs because the english one was so bad.

This new dub will be great because more non anime fans will get into the show, and that may lead them to want to experience more anime. j pop and euro beats may become popular. Popular enough that you may heard them in this country, and NOT be listening to your ipod or anime radio. Drifting, or the youth car scene may become bigger (rather than it just be a bunch of old dudes and their hot rods)

This show has potential enough to be on Adult Swim, G4, Spike, even Speed Channel. With the popularity, comes merchandise. Think about all that you could buy... ...things offline at a brick and mortar store that you could buy.

I really believe that this show has that potential. Big enough to be the next pokemon or DBZ. (clearly targeting a different demographic)

i know dude. i understand that. my thing is: why do anther dub?i rather read the subs in the CORRECT language than have a dub version. that's just my opinion.

The dub is incredibly bad... They changed up the way characters talked (and throwing in stupid attempts at slang), used stupid nicknames, added incredibly bad 80s video effects, used an awful soundtrack which replaced Eurobeat... that's pretty much it right there...

Oh im thrilled. I can finally actually show this show to my friends (who all refuse to watch anything with subtitles) but love the initial d game. i own all the tokyopop dvds simply cause of the convience and watching them in my truck. maybe now netflix will restock since all the ones they were renting out "disappeared" in the mail.